karaoke
英 [,kærɪ'əʊkɪ]
美 [,kærɪ'oki]
中文词源
karaoke 卡拉OK来自日语，kara,空的，可能来自日本化汉语空，oke,缩写自orchestra,管弦乐队。
英文词源
- karaoke
- karaoke: [20] The conceptual basis of this term, enthusiastically adopted in the West from Japan in the latter part of the 20th century, is of a backing or accompaniment waiting to be ‘filled’ by a singer or other soloist. In Japanese, it means literally ‘empty orchestra’: kara is ‘empty’ (it also appears in English karate [20], literally ‘empty hand’) and oke is short for okesutora – originally a Japanization of English orchestra.
- karaoke (n.)
- 1979, Japanese, from kara "empty" + oke "orchestra," shortened form of okesutora, which is a Japanization of English orchestra.
双语例句
- 1. I sang a duet at a Karaoke bar.
- 在卡拉ok厅唱二重唱.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. He held a three-hour family Karaoke session in his hotel, belting out Sinatra and Beatles hits.
- 他在他的酒店举行了一场历时3个钟头的家庭卡拉OK演唱会，其间高歌了辛纳屈和甲壳虫乐队的一些热门歌曲。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Recently, one brilliant company started installing karaoke machines in cars.
- 最近, 有一家聪明的公司开始在车子里装设卡拉OK机.
来自常春藤生活英语杂志-2006年5月号
- 4. Shortly after its invention, karaoke was spread to the whole world.
- 不久, 卡拉OK这项发明便风靡全世界.
来自英语晨读30分（高三）
- 5. Most of the music in karaoke was popular music.
- 卡拉OK中大多数的音乐是流行音乐.
来自英语晨读30分（高三）
